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[close-up view of Lincoln's hearse, stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.43 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1815-1860 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 9.3 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Yellow mount. Stamp on verso: "New York, Lincoln's Catafalque No 353." Close-up view of Lincoln's hearse and casket in front of windows hung with mourning wreaths. Soldiers stand at attention along near side of hearse.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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